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Israel Conducts Second Flight Of Upgraded Arrow Interceptor

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, January 3rd, 2014

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Israel Conducts Second Flight Of Upgraded Arrow Interceptor

The Arrow interceptor. Photo by Israel Aerospace Industries

Israel successfully conducted the second flight test Friday of its upgraded Arrow interceptor as U.S. officials looked in the partnership between the two allies to counter regional threats. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz said the Arrow III interceptor took flight over the Mediterranean Sea en route to space. The test did not involve intercepting a target, the newspaper reported. “The Arrow III interceptor successfully launched and flew an exo-atmospheric trajectory through space," the Israeli Defense Ministry said in a statement, according…

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